ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] thank you. [applause] marc, thank you for for that introduction. i thought he was going to talk about my gray hair. [laughter] it is true that my daughters are gorgeous. [laughter] it's because my wife is gorgeous. [laughter] [applause] and my goal is to improve my gene pool. [applause] to mark and jeff, thank you for your wonderful work on behalf of this breakfast to all of those who work so hard to put this together. to the heads of state, members of congress, and my cabinet, legislators, distinguished guests, to our outstanding speaker. to all of the people that journeyed to our capitol, michelle and i are truly honored to be with you this morning. before i begin, i hope people don't mind me taking moment of personal privilege. i want to say a quick word about a close friend of mine and yours, joshua. now some of you may not know joshua, but joshua has been at my side and work and in prayer for y